陳春曉

一天緊張的工作之后回到家中，如果見到陽臺上迎風(fēng)搖曳的植物，你一定會(huì)感到心情舒暢。這就是陽臺園藝的魅力！

1?On?the?5squaremeter?balcony?of?Zhong?Lius?apartment，?there?is?a?minifarm?crammed?with?lemons，?tomatoes，?eggplants，?blueberries?and?mint.Zhongs?idyllic?urban?lifestyle?started?in?2020?when?residents?were?required?to?work?from?home?due?to?the?COVID19?epidemic.

2“I?grew?garlic?for?the?very?first?time?as?I

didnt?want?to?throw?it?away.?It?sprouted?and?grew?roots?in?just?seven?or?eight?days.?It?opened?up?a?brand?new?world?to?me，”?said?the?young?illustrator?who?lives?in?the?city?of?Shenzhen，?Guangdong?Province.

3?Zhong?is?not?alone.?An?increasing?number?of?urban?youth?have?picked?up?the?hobby?of?growing?vegetables?on?their?balconies，?as?working?from?home?has?changed?many?peoples?lives?in?the?urban?areas?across?the?country.

4?In?the?first?quarter?of?this?year，?online?sales?of?vegetable?seeds?rose?dramatically?year?on?year，?and?the?number?of?seed?buyers?increased?by?more?than?100?percent?for?three?years?nonstop，?according?to?a?report?released?by?Chinas?ecommerce?platform?giant.

5?Zhong?has?started?sharing?her?journey?on?social?media?platforms?this?year，?which?has?brought?her?more?than?100，000?followers.?In?a?chat?group?consisting?of?over?100?young?balcony?greenthumbed?gardeners?across?the?country，?they?share?the?growth?of?their?vegetables?every?day，?discussing?which?plants?are?more?suitable?for?balcony?planting?and?how?to?fertilize?and?pollinate?crops.?“Balcony?gardening?can?heal?young?peoples?busy?urban?lives.?We?sow?and?look?forward?to?the?harvest，?and?experience?the?happiness?of?the?idyllic?moments，”?Zhong?said.

6?The?municipal?government?of?Guangzhou，?capital?of?Guangdong，?launched?a?city?vegetable?garden?project?last?March，?providing?seeds?and?farm?tools?as?well?as?organizing?agricultural?experts?to?provide?online?Q&A?for?local?residents，?in?an?effort?to?encourage?urban?children?to?get?in?touch?with?nature?through?balcony?planting.

7“In?cities，?people?need?to?get?along?with?nature.?They?will?be?healed?spiritually?during?the?process?of?getting?close?to?soil，?seeds?and?plants.?Parentchild?relationships?can?also?be?strengthened?by?taking?part?in?the?activities?together.?Community?gardening?also?promotes?peopletopeople?communication，?and?makes?neighborhoods?harmonious，”?said?Li?Xiangyang，?a?researcher?of?the?Guangzhou?Academy?of?Agricultural?Sciences.

Detail?1.?What?made?Zhong?start?her?idyllic?urban?lifestyle？

A.?The?convenient?website.

B.?Wanting?green?food.

C.?The?5squaremeter?balcony.

D.?Working?from?home.

Inference?2.?Whats?the?benefit?of?balcony?gardening?according?to?Zhong？

A.?It?can?heal?young?peoples?busy?urban?lives.

B.?It?can?encourage?children?to?connect?with?nature.

C.?It?can?provide?enough?green?vegetables?for?her?family.

D.?It?can?help?rebuild?the?relationship?between?urban?residents.

Detail?3.?What?did?the?government?of?Guangzhou?do?for?balcony?planting？

A.?It?provided?advice?on?how?to?fertilize?crops.

B.?It?supplied?seeds?and?farm?tools?to?local?residents.

C.?It?organized?garden?experts?to?help?local?residents.

D.?It?launched?a?city?vegetable?garden?project?last?month.

Inference?4.?What?can?we?know?from?the?last?paragraph?about?balcony?gardening？

A.?It?can?benefit?urban?residents?life.

B.?Many?children?are?interested?in?it.

C.?It?makes?urban?residents?love?life?more.

D.?More?urban?residents?are?involved?in?it.

Ⅰ.?Discover?useful?structures?in?the?text

1.?a?number?of表示“許多;大量的”，在句子中修飾主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

An?increasing?number?of?urban?youth?have?picked?up?the?hobby?of?growing?vegetables?on?their?balconies，?as?working?from?home?has?changed?many?peoples?lives?in?the?urban?areas?across?the?country.?在全國各大城市里，居家辦公改變了很多人的生活，在陽臺上種菜的城市青年也越來越多。

2.?which指代前面的整句話，引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，從句中的謂語動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。

Zhong?has?started?sharing?her?journey?on?social?media?platforms?this?year，?which?has?brought?her?more?than?100，000?followers.?鐘今年開始在社交媒體平臺上分享她的種菜過程，這為她帶來了超過10萬名粉絲。

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